Howie Klein: The Most Interesting Person I’ve Met in Years

Here’s the most interesting conversation I’ve had in many years with the most interesting person I’ve met in years. Please watch my talk with Howie Klein: legendary rock promoter and political activist, who is also a leader in the anti-Trump resistance. We talk politics, rock, my parents, Jerry Falwell, Green Day, Bob Dylan, Trump, war, the 2018 election and more.

As you may know, I’ve embarked on a Road Trip to Take Back the House in 2018. My travels have put me in touch with honest, ordinary, hard-working Americans who want to rescue our country from the weird, grifting plutocrats of today’s GOP.

One such American that I’ve had the pleasure of talking with on my journey is Howie Klein. Howie is a blogger and political activist. He’s also the co-founder of Blue America, a political action committee supporting and raising awareness for progressive candidates running for office. He’s also an avid art collector with an impressive collection of modern works. And, oh yeah, he’s also a legendary record executive who just so happened to sign my favorite rock band Green Day back when he was president of Reprise Records from 1989 to 2001. Think of your favorite band; chances are that Howie has worked with them!

As it turns out, on top of being an incredibly generous music industry legend and progressive dynamo, Howie is also a funny, warm, and engaging storyteller and it was an absolute delight to chat with him in his home about everything from getting his start working as an elevator operator for Robert Kennedy, versus the destructiveness of our current political climate, to the history of rock music and the world of modern art, to the absolute necessity of a Creative Redemption for the soul of humanity.

I always enjoy your postings. I look forward to getting your book, Letters to Lucy. Love your book atheist who believes in God. It had been a while since I needed to research many of your highlights in a book; I love your writing of art and interesting people.

My Italian great grandfather having dealt with both sides first hand had a similar saying ;

” The only thing worse than a Socialist/Communist is a Fascist ”

” American Idiot ” .. more timely now than ever but perhaps in need of an update in light of the fact that Trump makes GWB look like a Rhodes Scholar ready for sainthood in comparison . Come on Billy Joe ! Time to rake Trump over the coals in a tune

” We lost in 2016 partly because Bill Clinton’s past Franken-like BS like this doesn’t work ”

No .. Bill’s antics played little or no role .. we lost in 2016 in part because far too many Liberals , Independents and Centrists fell for the Hillary hate campaign lies and propaganda coming from the Alt Right , Alt Left and Russian ads staying at home rather than getting their precious posteriors out the door in order to make sure Trump did not win .

If you are out here in SoCal, have you met Doug Applegate? He’s running against Darrell Issa, indeed, was only a thousand votes short last year. But another Democrat is going to run in the primary now, and I wonder why. Doug’s been slogging along for a couple cycles.

And yes it is about the lack of ascetics of the Evangelical movement from music of the Church to art to even ethics and moral philosophy to politics. It is as my conspiracy pals call total mind war and this little video is a must watch…

America has no foreign enemies that can destroy us only domestic ones…

Well Nine .. this being the 2nd article in a week on the subject ( the debacles of the current Evangelical church in America ) .. at least we’re no longer the lone prophetic voices in the wilderness we seem to be sometimes ;